Guide to the Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection

Sean Heyliger
African American Museum and Library at Oakland
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Oakland, California 94612
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African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection

Collection number: MS 199

African American Museum & Library at Oakland

Oakland, California
Processed by:
Sean Heyliger
Date Completed:
2016-09-10
Encoded by:
Sean Heyliger
© 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Oakland Unified School District newsletter collection
Dates: 1966-1971
Collection number: MS 199
Creator: Oakland Unified School District (Calif.)
Collection Size: 2 linear feet (1 oversized box)
Repository: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection consists of 19 issues of the New Directions (1966-1969) and Urban Education (1969-1971) newsletters. The newsletters were published by the Oakland Unified School District with federal funds from the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and featured articles and photographs of ESEA programs, school integration and busing, curriculum, scholarships, administrative news, and free lunch, ESL, and head start programs.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Access Restrictions

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Publication Rights

Permission to publish from the Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred Citation

Oakland Unified School District newsletter collection, MS 199, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Acquisition Information

Newspapers were collected by the staff of the Oakland Public Library.

Processing Information

Processed by Sean Heyliger, September 10, 2016.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection consists of 19 issues of the New Directions (1966-1969) and Urban Education (1969-1971) newsletters. The newsletters were published by the Oakland Unified School District with federal funds from the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and featured articles and photographs of ESEA programs, school integration and busing, curriculum, scholarships, administrative news, and free lunch, ESL, and head start programs. In 1969, the title of the newsletter changed to Urban Education and was published as a newspaper insert in the Oakland Post, The Montclarion, and the Oakland-Piedmont Spectator. The newsletter featured a column, “On the spot,” by assistant superintendent William Webster and includes photographs and news articles on Oakland Superintendent of Schools, Marcus Foster.

Arrangement

Series I. New Directions newsletter Series II. Urban Education newsletter

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Oakland (Calif.)--Newspapers.
Education--California--History.
Foster, Marcus A., 1923-1973.


 

New Directions newsletter

Physical Description: 9 issues

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes nine issues of the newsletter of the Oakland Unified School District, New Directions.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
Box OM 32:5

Volume 2, Number 1 [two copies] 1966-09

Box OM 32:5

Volume 2, Number 2 1966-10

Box OM 32:5

Volume 2, Number 3 1966-12

Box OM 32:6

Volume 2, Number 5 1967-02

Box OM 32:6

Volume 2, Number 8 1967 Summer

Box OM 32:6

Volume 3, Number 1 1967-09

Box OM 32:7

Volume 4, Number 2 1969-05

Box OM 32:7

Volume 4, Number 7 [two copies] 1969-08

Box OM 32:7

Volume 5, Number 1 [two copies] 1969-10

 

Urban Education newsletter

Physical Description: 10 issues

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes ten issues of the newsletter of the Oakland Unified School District, Urban Education.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
Box OM 32:8

Volume 1, Number 1 [four copies] 1969-11

Box OM 32:8

Volume 1, Number 2 [two copies] 1969-12

Box OM 32:9

Volume 1, Number 3 [four copies] 1970-01

Box OM 32:9

Volume 1, Number 6 [two copies] 1970-05

Box OM 32:10

Volume 2, Number 1 [two copies] 1970-10

Box OM 32:10

Volume 2, Number 2 1970-12

Box OM 32:11

Volume 2, Number 3 1971-02

Box OM 32:11

Volume 2, Number 4 [two copies] 1971-04

Box OM 32:12

Volume 2, Number 5 [two copies] 1971-05

Box OM 32:12

Volume 4, Number 6 1973-04